. Friends of Carroll Park is an all-volunteer group which maintains all of the park's gardens, coordinates dozens of annual events and activities, liaises with the Department of Parks and Recreation and NYPD to help keep maintenance and infrastructure problems at bay, and facilitates use of the park space by other groups and companies. We're always in need of reliable volunteers for everything from gardening, painting, and repairs to event planning and general assistance. If you'd like to get involved, we'd love to have you on board! Join us at our monthly meetings the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Acito Park House or send us a note at [email protected]!

Thursday, April 7, 6:30pm

Public Meeting:

Red Hook Integrated Flood Protection System, (IFPS) Public meeting. Come share your local insight and expertise with The Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency and the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Location: The Miccio Community Center, 110 West 9th Street, Red Hook Brooklyn

Saturday April 9, show 6pm

Drunk TED Talks: Guilty Pleasures. Welcome to Drunk TED Talks, the world's premiere source of highly intelligent people talking about weird stuff they care deeply about while extremely drunk (with PowerPoints). Pop culture is practically designed to produce things that you feel bad about consuming -- or at least, that other people want you to feel bad about consuming. From Limp Bizkit to Instagram stalking to the entire Bravo network, guilty pleasures shape our lives, and our attitudes toward each other. So Drunk TED Talks investigates: what are guilty pleasures? how do we relate to them? do they even exist? and if not, should they? Come find out (also, we'll be drunk)! Location: Littlefield

Saturday, April 9th, performances 8pm

Closing Reception: Garden of Delights, an artist exhibition of collages and sculpture at the Gowanus Loft. Featuring performances from Shakespeare's Romeo + Julet and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and poetry and music from Deadly Chaps. For more information including gallery hours or to arrange a private viewing please contact The Vanderbilt Republic.

Note: this exhibition has mature themes not suitable for all audiences.

Sunday April 10, 12- 3pm

Embroidering Love Notes - A Workshop with Artist Iviva Olenick at The Old Stone House. viva will teach you how to: Translate words and thoughts into backstitch and French knots. Make drawings and doodles with thread. Transfer and images onto fabric. No previous embroidery experience required! Sip Prosecco while enjoying the company of fellow embroiderers and the sounds chamber music. $35 per person includes embroidery supplies, drinks and snacks. 

Saturday, April 16, 6-9pm

Brooklyn Borough Hall Open House. Along with Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Diana Reyna, I am pleased to invite you to attend Brooklyn's Open House, a first-of-its-kind experience. During this special evening, you will have the opportunity to meet me and my fantastic team, tour this historic building, as well as learn about the work we have been doing over the last two-plus years and what we have in store for our borough's bright future! RSVP here for this family-friendly event. Space may be limited.

April 17, 7pm till late

Join us for The Falconworks Benefit! Join Falconworks and special guest host John Hockenberry for our Hip Hop Thrift Shop benefit. We'll be raising dough* for Falconworks' programs, flossin' and stuntin' in our grandads' clothes,** sipping custom drinks from Van Brunt Stillhouse, dancing, silent auctioning, and giving props to this year's honorees Lisa Diller and Solomon Goodwin. Tickets $25-$100. Location: Hope & Anchor

April 30, events all day from 12pm to 9:30pm

The Red Hook Crit  Bicycle Race.The Red Hook Criterium is one of the world's most exciting sporting events and completely free for spectators! Come early to get your hands on a free Rockstar Games cowbell so you can make a lot of noise during the races. Location: Cruise Ship Terminal, Pedestrian entrances are located at Pioneer and Conover Streets and at Ferris and King Street.